HAPPY DAY3. Flag a song o' happy dsys comln' op Itie elope, All the country llstenin' to t tinkhV belli O' hope Happy III the meadow au' lir py 1 y the stream, Ao' Imppy In thi daytime, tin' happy In your dreams ' Blntf a song o' Imppy days' cllmMn' up the hill : Mlngin' In the breez" fin' rlpt.lln' In the rill ! Ilnppy n the housetop, nn' Imppy 011 tho SO,, An' tlx- happy worid n-rollin' lo th" happy (.'at'.'S o' Go I ! Atlnt.ti foiil it ut ion. A GENTLE ADVENTURE, (i:i5V AK'U is an ideal frii n. I i f llir family. !!' is ulcl l't;otoh t' I'"' 11 frii tul of Mr. uiiil Mr-. Kiviti'tiMi and yoinio rtmiili be 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 y suth tin' liiiiiil. t- j nli.i nr.. " III MII'll I V, I ll I ill 1 1 1 r . t . win 1 cti ii'l in 11 pi tti I orofc.-inti fr nn tin' l;!T-' ry to 1. rail linn I'lu li' l lit. ir. precisi Iv tilt' nn!'! nf e.imii' l 1 tin .mi v,.. II k 1 .1 : 1 1 lli'll II IT'"! I .it ilnVl . tired. .it iluVl Win!.' mi! HI lT'' I II III 111'-. w ll Wealthy l lll'll'.'ll to III' fill mill Cllteh I . V tli' voting 1 h'lVC 111! tilt' llllllilt I. HI that 1 11 v ir;ully (i'i'ViiiN in fn m illf.-. la. 1 ! solely ilii; -jiiti'M, lii is still I'tl lltlv IV I il nil to lit' llll fluillll' 1 in i'.i-. iiiiv tin-in k!i ! I I In i ? lure 11 prize. Ati'l t!ir whole f.i' lilf I11M' iiim iiliniit. Aiu'iii' yiiiiii:: Indict, lilii' llo-cilinl in Ar. Ii "bestow himself like 11 i ijit r i' Ili iii;- irti v t!i.' It'll, si.S- liT, :ill'l with their f n t It. r In (HUIlf nf I r tllllt Ill'oWt tin tii'in iii in win barely 1:1111 'li poll's II ill. I Hi II t Iv. i ;. linn in L'uinl humor. So when led by' mint tulil him lu nii'.'lit hiivt' ItiT lin 111 t li' hiii'M'F-hiic nf tin- Mft rnjiuht 111 in't tiny h,' im mediately 1 li i li t ut t iKi'i;; ilii- I'.iv iiii'tiiu Kirlt. I" nf r i limit ely they hn.l iiuoliier i n r rini'iit. Tln'ti, like 11 triif. wll'-nH'rii'u'in;; fri.'iicl til tho tiimily hf Miil "ll in tini I'Uil tn have tlic box empty tl it r 1 1 1 x tl'f iniitiii"t; t rliMj's tin; I'liiliin ii would lii.i' ti k'!" "I nn Mtirt- t hi' v will In1 tlrliiMite.l." i.niil Mrs. Kmiiton. "It is mi kind j if ynu to make tin- oflVr. Otherwise ; tht'y wnulil In' nt homo nil day with 1 (lit- servants, 11 h I inn going nluii-- lo (.'hllpl'l'olic tilt' VOIltlg lllllll't. " j "I'll ilrivt in', mini fur thorn nt two tf) 111 .I'iliW, ' HMI I IJullliy, Rllil HJ lllO llMll l'l' W:IM nottlf.i. . C!iL in' tl'it licvy of cliil.hvii i-( Mins 1 Kiily. Sin it 011 IhiiI ti'i'iiiH with hor I rlil" .iltior.''. for hht ffol that thov are I J;e(''i:i liif irom lior I'li lliri -lit. . . . She eaniioi bo introduced iu o moiety for at l.'ii't n year yet, for h"t alnewd mot!; thinks it uuwi te tu glut the rn". ' n'llh'""""- 4 of the elder du. Ions. So Mits Kittv u . ill nebu-1 j in the liAckrouud iiikI imiulgos tli" blues. Slit? feelM iigprievetl because her Vasnar frieu.lt "citno out" at the begin-. . of the season and call occasionally to boast of their coinpiostt. With the children she cannot associate, of course. In short she it a sort of feminine Uh iiiieliLe, with I it-r toilful' against every I woman- which tongue is tipped with t he i m pi liio us vein 1 111 of seven toon. Pic ture their adventure Hobby had not seen much 01 Kitty lor some time. 1'i'oinptly at two next day Hubby drove up to the door. It may serin odd to call 11 man of H'iiih.' uucerlniu aizo between thirty and forty Hubby, but everyone rite il.n.t so and the clil'.iiiii'li r pr 'sunii't tu take tho lib erty. He found Mint Kitty ready and waiting lor him. " The other children don't want to go," i.he announce. 1, "but 1 do vcrv iniieh 1111 I l am ready. " "KhV" .-aid Hobby. I hey tlon't want to go." " h ! ' said Hobby, nud her into the carriage. "Isn't this jolly?" Kitty he helped exclaimed as tl',' horses pranced uway, then tud denly a-viiinnug great tlinity. ".Mi. Arit'iid, vou must drive around to l'liilard't and order a live-pound bo of candy sent home, to the children right awav." T.h? ' "I promised them that vou would before they would n-gree t 1 stay at home. I Miint.', I to come with' you alune, so there !" "h!" ..aid Hobby. Then h: or dered the driver to call at I'.illard's. minute or au biter he chuckled softly. "Well, well, what a puss vou are!" ".iir !" she exclaimed angrily "I may be a puss when 1 Hi.i in the" nursery and wearing short frocks ; but I w ish you to iiii.l.'i'.taiid that to-day lama yotini; lady?" and she added under her breath "What a bleating that Millie's street drifts tits lue ho Well." Hobby looked surprised. "l, yes!" she snapped "you are pist fool enough to think that' I iccause I haven't been fonneily introduced into society at a reception, I am still but a child. I want you to under stand that I would have been intro duo. d luiiK b;;o if I hadn't three older sitters who are not Mimrt enough to get niivoiiti to marry them!" "Why, Kitty!" .My name is Miss Castiel" Thou softening suddenly, "Here is I'allard's. Now order the very best candy they have, and if it is not there before I get home I umy get iut0 tt terrible row," Hobby did aa directed and there was 110 more exeiteuieut for a while. Kittv was sat istied w ith assuming tho air of a grand dame and bowiug to occasional friends in the passing crowd. Wheu they had entered their box they became positively, friendly. Kitty ny of her Vasaar frieuda abot, trained her glasses on their eseoits ami tnlkctl m lotitllj M ft lowAjrcr while the opera progremtcil. Finally her atU'Dtioa centered on Do Rcizke who was iu 'it ticularly pood form aa llontco, find like all clear girl alio be came I'tirnptiired. Bolhy waa begin tiinir to t'tijuj bininelf in hia qniet, cul tured way. until Harry Van Pike came bouncing into the box during a wait between the act. 'How do, Mine Wmnutou," ho be gun. "I beg your pardon!" aid Kitty. "I bor yoiitth jiawdon, Ming aw I mistook yon fob my fwiuuJ, Miss Millie WiviiiKton." linKl'V luihtfiied to introduco Harry ntid tht'ii lAplainod: "Thit it Mias Millie' younser niftvY." "Cut." iiske.l Harry, "haven't I met run nt mini" ball hw rmwty weeently?" I think not," aaitt Kitty, who had si oil him ii mid ditl nut cure for him, "f don't n" to nursery put ties uny iimr.'. '' "Why, Kitl.v said Hobby." "( iwii'-ioiiH !" Haiti Harry. Kitty sail nothintr. She turned toward the stiie nud Harry bucked out. "N'inv, really!" began Hobby. "Yoii nee ln't bepiii tn ti'old me for snubbing th'it creature," iiho inter rnpl il. "H .that is tho sort of admir t it Millie hat I don't want to be mis taken for her." "Hut I inn liable to have friends tli'ii)! in In re nt nny moment and" ", t '11 them you ar.; Riving the 1 i -1 1 1 ; t 1 1 1 nn r-try nn ntitinir, mid don't tnitiil my being here. Why did you invite tiie to come with you if you wire not I'lt jinred fur tho coiw ijUelu'esV'' "Hut ' tiionlit nil the ethers were Colli itr;. " "Vnii l.nii"ht th,' bribe for which t h"V stuv 1 nt honio! she niii 1 es- iiltni,'ly. "I'.iit I foul. ln't holn "Well, since you ar I'll pav vou back what ;t." i' sorry for it, il cost wheu 1 ),-i't 111 v iii't jui.'ket inolU'V "K. ail.v. Kilty !" "Moii't -iieak to me njrniii! My 11 'line is Miss ( uttie! If the music were nut so graml 1 would go right home !" Hobby Hiibtidod. Thn experience was 1111 ultogt thcr new one. It was beginning to thiwn on him that there it nothing in tne world so unreason uble, ho ilidejit'lnlent, or st bewitch iag at 11 Kirl of Ncvcntccn. l!;;t In r uuiciiHonnblcnoAS might cause truiiblc. What would her mother say to all this? Would k1i! bo iiu.yry? And whito lie was meditating the t'oiivictiiiii gv 'W in hi.ii that Kitty was iiuus'inlly beautiful, finally tho curtain fell on the last act and they prepared to go homo. "I'm goiug uu tho street car," said Inlt.v Hut I have my enrriago at the Lloor." "I don't caro! Yon are aorry you .TciW Uif , u III )Vlauv-'itr' oe bit more obliged to you than I can help." Uy this time they hid reached tho street. She signaled a cable car, but luckily the rip man saw n dray on the truck couple of blocks ahead that ho thought it would be n joy to collide with, so hu shouted "Take the next car!" Hy this time Hobby h.vl collected his senses, and taking a gentle but tirm hid I of Kitty's arm ho whispered "Vou must conic to tho carriage im mediately." There was a look of determination on hit face us she looked up at him, and she yielded, lie w at Homcwhitt sur prised nt her subiiiissiuii as he helped her inio the carriage; for it had never occurred to him tiut a girl's docility is usually as unaccountable as her tan trums. As they drove along ho no ticed that she seemed very demure pel'Lans penitent so he could Hot re sist iho temptiitiou to give hor a bit of hit nit nil. "Your conduct to-day," said Hobby, "hat been uiiac 'ouutable, and I am sure your mother will think it very wrong." "Must you tell her? ' asked Kitty with a slight intoiia'.iou of fear iu her voice. This was just the opening ho needed and ho exercised his prerogative us friend of the family to the utmost, lie scolded until they reached her house. She spraug from the crriago with his assistance and rail into the house witlioutevensaviiig "flood-by !" She was going to have a real good cry. Hobby drove around to the club and then allowed himself to glow with satisfaction because ho felt ho liad done his duty as a friend of the family in giviug Kitty such a scolding. Hut after a while he lic'au to remember how beautiful alio looked anil that she really didn't seem to be so much of n chihl attcr all. Then it began to dawn 011 him that he had taken a mean ad vantage of her iu giving her such a scolding. In short, he thought about tho mutter until he felt very uucoin lortatilo aud lcuided that as a gentle inau ho ought to apologize to Kitty. ()u returning to her room Kitty fol lowed her womanly iustiuct and had a good cry. Thou she exchanged Millie's dress for her own and went to the uursery to see how matters stood with the children. On every side there were signs of a little battlo royal iu which a lire-poiuid bo of candies had boeu severely worsted. Oue look at the chocolate smeared bands, faces and dresses told her that her guilty secret must come out aud tears, were her refuge again. AfU r a tiruo she came to the conclusion that she had used Bobby Arnold very shabbily aud sue sotiuetl to nersclf : "I wish I could see hint and tell him how awfully aorry I am. I waa just horrid to him all da v." At that moment Hobby was leaving iua emu ana muttenug to himself : "Really, I went too far with my leo- tura. Tt little girl must b Terr miserable over li all. I must apolo gize to her." They both felt that they should apologize, which was a dangerona situa tion. It is always the situation in a true lovcr'a quarrel. When word was brought to Kitty that Mr. Arnold wished to sen her she rushed down to the parlor and enter iug with a most wocbegouo expression, began : "O, Mr. Arnold! I" "Really, Miss Cassie, I" Bobby was saying at the aamo time. They stopped and looked nt each other for a moment. "Kitty 1" he exclaimed, aa lie took a step toward her with outstretched arms. "O, Mr. Arnold Robert," she sobbed, as she hid her tearful face on his shoulder. Then he kissed her nnd they under stootl each other. Will it bo a match? Let ns hopo so, but it mutt be remembered that ho is Kitty's first and sho has not been introduced into society yet. New York Truth. The lVrclicron. The I'ercheroti draught-horse fi noted for great streugth hud endur ance. The breed originated in La Perche, a province in the interior of France, where they are extensively raised. They are usually from fifteen and a half to sixteen aud a half aud sometimes even seventeen hands high. The color of the IVrehcron breed of France, such ns lint been usually as sociated with it, briugs them into any class, being eonti.lored on account of its color. Though gray, a large num ber were almost, if not distinctly, white. There is every ronton to be lieve tlint this breed, like the draught breeds ot F.nglau I nnd Scotland, do rived its si.e oi iyiiiHlly from the largo black horse of Flanders; but from the fact that gray has for many genera tions boon the prevailing color, it is evident that some very powerful agency has been nt work modifying tho typo until it hat but little iu common with this old parent stock except size. Hut the fashion has now changed, and black isthe color sought by breed ers an I purchasers. This change of sentiment is owing to tho French (Jov eminent having replaced the cavalry grays with blacks, assigning as the rea son that during the wa" the grays wore fur loo conspicuous. Tho slaughter among the troops of graya was much larger than iu those of darker colors. IVrcheron horses are much used iu the Western States, where they are highly esteemed, being at rung, active and intelligent. They are rivals with the Shire aud Clydesdale breeds fur popular favor. New Y'ork World. A lUiii'oad Cut. "Every one has heard," said Thomas S. Kline, of Deliver, Col., "of tho railroad dog whose exploits have been recounted iu divers places and by various people, lint 1 will veuturo to say very few people have ever heard of a railroad cat. although there is one out iu my Stat' which is a most remarkable traveler. It was a special pet of the wife of the engineer of a freight locomotive, and it accompanies him on every trio ho makes. Wheu the traiii makes one of its long waits nt the tlepol the cat will go iu acaivh of fun or mice, and at some of the inosl-iised junctions it is unite 11 local pet. While the engine is running the cat sits in the cab or on the coa!, and at its fur is jet black, its bounty is not greatly impaired by its peculiar surroundings. l'ussy mutt have traveled many thousand miles, for it has boon doing duty for several yours mid has never been kuowu to luiss a trip. The first journey or two thoro was much dilUculty about keeping tho uiiimiil from jumping off, but there is none uow, nor does its owner bother himself about ascertaining whether his feline passenger is aboard or not. Tho absolute indifference of cits to persons and their attachment to places and environment is soon iu this in stance, for w heu last year the engineer got iujiirt'd iu a wreck nud was laid up for three mouths the cat staved arouud the shops until the engine was repaired and then resumed her rides with tho substitute engineer." St. Louis lilobe-Domocrat. Care ot Wet Shoes, Thoro are few things more disagree able than to put on a pair of still, brittle shoes that have boeu thrown aside to dry after a rainy day. Here is a for mula that claims to eradicate tho trouble: First wipe off gently with a soft cloth all surface water aud mud ; then, while still wet, rub well with parattiue oil, using flannel for tho pur pose. Set them aside till partially dry, when a second treatment with oil is advisable. They may then bo de posited iu a conveniently warm place, where they will dry gradually aud thoroughly. He fore applying Frouoh kid dressing, give them a tinal rubbing with tho tlauuel, still slightly damp euod with parattiue aud the boots will be soft and tlexiblo aa new kid and be very little affected by their buth iu tho raiu. New York World. Alaska Salmon. The grout industry of Alaska is the catching ami cauuiug of salmou. Established only about twelve years ago on a largo settle, it has grow n to vast proportions. Tho record of 20, 000 cases canned iu had be come 64,000 iu 1H81, and 120,700 in 18K6. Two years later it had reached 427,372 cases, while in 188 I it rose to 709,347, and in 18U1 to 789,000. A case coutaius forty-eight pounds, so that this auuusl output represented 37,872,000 pounds of cauned salmon, exclusive ot the salted aud smoked sal mon prepared every year. There an now thirty-four great cauneries estab lished ou the coast. New York Wit-ueaa. REV. DI1. TALMAGE. TIIK mtOOKbVN nt VINE'S SUN DAY SKIt.MON. Subject: "A Cheerful Church." Trxt- "RfboM.tlmu nit fair, mrlove." ' olomou's Hoim Iv., 1. "Hinhrrrritl.'ittn 'sars that this book of Bolomon's snnir It a lors ?n, a forlorn malMn siffhiuu for htr Istnn. It so. It I' nnelfiin amt itwlinuehwl utterance Ids In the ptirw word of Ooil anil It not I) common rea.llnir. My opinion Is that It nAplrmt ol st'ttlnif forth tha feelln Christ townnl the chitrfh sn.t of tha et towar.1 Christ. Christ Is tm brhtsin ami the church is thi brhte. The wonls wennn nttertn-ilay truthfully, wh. In rsenril to thephnrch of Oo.l In eener this rhnr.'h In partirutar. "Dehold, tho isir, my lov." Tne psr week ba Leon ons of prole eon urn 1 illation torthnt we hiire. for tw five years hepii i,.rniltte. to astocints eneli other In the rolntioii of pnttor nm' pie. When I f'liie to llrooklvn. I fou mall tmn'l of ein-iMlan 1l"lplt who vnrlout onuses lia l beeom le ntt'i ! Ihey Moo l upon the very verire of extln asaohiirrh. sn.l the question was h agitate I from timnto time whether it wt.. he noilt to maintain a church life lonif, ,.. Inilceil, hail not tlio men ami women been rontecratn.1 nnd enriii'st. they would hnrif mrreniterel to tho lelvrie circumstance.1 They marshaled n couureK.-itloniil meetimr and Bnthei-iiij up all the forces potslhle. they rut nlneteun votet for a ptor, nil of whloi I am hanpy to have recnivs.l. It wns not tlinmuh sny spirit of personal coiirinre or reck lest adventure tlint f was 1ml from one of tho wurmett nnd mot eomcenbij pstorate tn Philadelphia that a man rvnr enjoyed to t hit then mint unlnritiuir Hold, but it watthe feeling that do t had eallal me to the work, aud I was sure He would lea inn tlirouith. 1 bavn thoiufht that It mlirht be profitable lo ut to elate briefly what kind of a ouuroli w have been trvlun tn I'MaMltii, 1 In tho llrtt place, I remark thntwahsvol heen trt-intr ll I. llll. I I....... n l'l,.l.ll. ..!....... u j"- " ' I.".. . iiiimiitiiiTiiurvu distinctively mi.'Ii- In other words, n church wht-rj w should preach the Lord Jesut t'iiritt nnd Him cructlled. Mv theology Is all ton') into live letters Jesm. Jem, the pardon of nil offense. Jeens, the loun.liitlon for R'l :rn 'lurit. Jet up, the I'Blm for all wouiiil'. .Tckiik, the eyn salve ior nn iiiinnie'st. ji-sns, tlm guide through nil perplexities, .ti'nii", thu hope for all dis couragements. Josim, tho reform for ail TOIlg. I luive fnith to believe that f-.era Is more power in oiiii ttrop of tho Moot of Jesui' i-iiriti 10 cure tlm woes or the world than In an ocean lull of tin nun quackery. Jokuk is the gran. Iet note in any niiuttrelty. He is urn lriglitst g.tin in niiy crowo ; height overtopping nil height tlm centre of even- clrcuinlereuctt j the circumference to every centre; the pnoiiier of l tur'oulencai the umpire of all tllrpiites. Jesus, Jesus! At His table nil nation nre to tit. Around His I minim 1111 tvnrrm lire 10 revolve. MS IS 10 t the Irradiation of the universe. Jesus, Jesus I It is that truth that we have triad to pro.icli Inthiti'iihiirnncie. Do you nsk moro mliiii ely what we be lieve? I e.m tell you. Wo have no dry, withers), julcolfM theology. Wa believe In God, the Father Almighty, maker of heavau and earth, the deliverer ofttis tlistrssssd, Iho home lortiie bo.iieleM, tba friend for the friendless. We bellevs In Jesus Christ, ahle to save to the uttermost, pardoning lbs Riillty, Imputing H s righteousness to tha believer. We te-lleva In tha Holy Ghost, tho comforter, the snn'itiflvr, clieerlug up the heart in lite' II In nnd kindling bright lights iu every dark landiug place. We be lieve that thu whole rice Is to sunken iu sin that nothing but the omnipotent arm of God can ever 1111 ir.oK.- .lvvA.-lia e iti ar.. free grace, sovereign grace, triumphant grace, eterunl gr.ioe. W bellevs iu a Ulble authentic la its statements. Immaculate In its teachings, glorious in Its promises. We believe iu heaven, the ntjode of the righteous, nud In hcP. the retldcooe of those Who 11 rj soul suicides of ttieir own free choice refining the divine raorcv. We be lieve In the salvation of all men who accept Christ by faith, be they sprinkled or im niertcd, worship they iu catli".lral or 111 log fahlu, believe they iu I'res'oyteriaulsm or Episcopacy, dwell Ihey under Italian sklet orliiSi.'. rl.oisuowiiorms, hetlicy Kthloplan or American. All oun in Curitt. Clue Lord, one falih. one baptism, on the wny to heaven. We built th't 'la iciiircle for the purpose ol "tllng lorlh tho' great tlieoriet of the go lii of the Son of (bid. Would that wn had boeu more faithful in ibe pulpit! Would that we ha I becu more faithiul 111 the pew! I remark, further, that we have tried her to build 11 church ilisttn. 'lively unconven tional. Instead of iitkiinr, at some people are dispute, l to do, how oilier poplu do ll, wi have usked the iiiHstioii how people do not do it. liip-riout eustom bus docided that churches shall l iingul ir. cheerless, gloomy, unsympathetic, forgetting that what men call a piout gloom is impious, and that that church lias tint butt architecture where the people are the niot comloitable, nnd that that it the mott eflb lout Christian ner vice where the people are made most sick of in and most 11 nxious alter Christ and heaven. Aud so we called the architects together lor our llrst church bulldiug aud said "Give us an amphitheater" that l, a largo family -iivle, gathered around a fireplace. For many year we ha t felt tlint an amphi theater was tho only .rop-r bbapa for an audience, room. The prominent architects of tho couutry said : "It cannot be dons. Vou need a ciiiirch I mMlng. ' And so we bad plan after plnii of churchly buildings prestute.l. but in dueilmu God sent a uisu who gmtp.td our Idea an t executed It. Ho far from oeing a failure, it sntinlled our want. and all our three cliuroiies were built on tha amphlthentrleal p!no. and scores of churches an over me country bavj adopted the same (tlaii. Ami, mv brelbren nnd sisters, wa fall la our work just In proportion as we try to be like other churches. We bellevs that God In tended every church, like every man, to be Individual, gathering lin a I Its necullaritlea and Idiotyu.-r iclcs and hurling them all to- wiiru some goo l nnd grand object. la other wor.'.s, no two churches ought ever to be lust alike. Here is a church, for instance, whose object is to prepare philosophers and artists and critics lor lieaveu. (oi speed them iu the dimcult work ! Here is a cliurcb, on the other baud, that proposes to bring only the poor inio me kiugiiom ol Jesus Christ, look' lug not alter the rich. God speed such a church in its undertaking I liut there is a larger Idea that a church may take bringing In the rich nud tho poor, tbo wise and the ignorant, the high aud the low, sotbst kneel ing beside each othershnll be theniau faring sumptuously every day aud the man who could uot gut bis break last. God speed such a church ! Oh, my friends, we need to break awvy from slavery lo ecclesiastical custom. We dare not sing it anybody bears us. We dare not preach unless wa bave rouuded off our sentences to suit the criticism of the world. We dars not dress for church until Wd have examined tbefiisblou plulesuud wouldrathor stay at boms than nppenrwith a eont or a bat not sanctioned tiy custom. Wnen will the day ot deliverance come to the eburoh ot God, when. Instead of a dead religion laid out in state on a catafalque ot pomp and In sincerity, we shall have a living, bouudlug, Sympathetic, glowing Christianity' I remark, lurtber, that we bave tried here to build and to conduct a cheerful eburoh. While, as you know, ws bave not held baus) the terrors ot the law and the sterner doc trines of the gospel, we bave tried tn this house to present to this people tha tdaa that the gladdest, brighten!, happiest Ihlug In all tbo universe Is tba Cbrlstlau religion. There Is so much trouble In the world. Business men bave so many anxieties. Tolling men have so many fathrues. Orphans bars so many desolations. Cor Cod s sake, it there he anv bright p'a n sartlvsow It to them ! Let the church ot J.-sus Christ be the most oheerfol spot on earth, ! m say that I do not wsnt anvSo 1e to .oms whining around ms about tha Christian religion. I have no faith ia a religion made up of eo,ual psiis of wornwood. vlnegsx nnd red pepper. If the religion that Is presented to us be a depr.-aalon, we will BTt along better without If. If it be a Jo v, let It shins out from your face nnd Irom your conversa tion. If a man comes to my house to tslll of religion with liignrlotis countenance and manner lull of sniffle nnd dolorounes, I feel like saying to mv wife, "Vou had belter look tp the silver before he steals some, thing." I hsvs found It nn invsriable nils that men who profess faith In tha Lord Jesus Christ, priding themselves at the same time on their sanctimoniousness, nlwav turnout badly I never knew an exception while those who are the most consistent, the most useful and tha most consecrated have perfume In their conversation und heaven In their face. Tha happiest Christians that I have ever known have been persons from sixty to elghtv years of age. Ilv that time people ret ov-r thn shams an t the pretenses of society and have no longer anv patience with anything like Imposture In religion. O Christian, how dare you be gloomy' Is not Go 1 voni Father'.' Is not Jesus Christ your Paviour'r H is not your path all through life heeu strewn with mercies? Are you Insensible to the fact that there are glories aw.iltln t von In tho better land loxologlesof celestial worship. eternal chorals, tearless eyes, songs that resound under arches ef strength and hosnnnaa that clap their hands at the foot of tho throne? Is it nothing to you tint all the bills of heaven are radiant with tho faces of those who have gone upfro'n you and who are wait ing for your coming, ready to keep with you eternal holiday? Is there nothing In singt thnt never cease, in hearts that n 'ver ache, In splendors that n"vr tile, to make you glad? Then take no more merevntthe band of thy God I Give back the mirrlaie rlngof lovs that Jesus put on your linger luthedav of your espousal ! Plant no more of the flowers of besven where there ought to ba nothing but nettles an I nl'.-htshado ! We try to make this church a cheerful church. A man on Hutur.lav afternoon stands in his store and says- "How shall I meet these obligations? ilow can I endure this new disaster that Is coming upon me?" He gos borne. HaMuith morning llnds him In the bouse of God. Through the song, through the sermon, through the prayer, the Lord Jesus Christ says to that mnn "O ninu, I have watched thee. I have seen all thy struggles. It is enough. I will see thee through. I will stand between thee and thy creditors. I will make up In heavenly treasures what you have lot In earthly trentures. Courage, mail, courige! Angels of (od, I command you to clear the track for that man 1 put your wings over his head ; with your golden ect'ptert strike for his de tense; throw around him all the tlefenft of eternlly." What is tho contequnnce? That huslness mnn It strengthened. He gout to the store next day feeling that GoJ is with bim and ready to deliver. That same Kuudny there Is a poor old wo man in the church bearing the gospel. Oh, how shrunken she is! Him wears the same dress she wore twenty years ago. How faded It Is and now out of date ! Him sits and listens as well as she can. Her eyes are so dim she cannot see half way across tho church. Her ear is so imperfect that sho can only ctch occasionally a note of the psalm or a wort of the preacher. Home one sitting next to her gives her a book and Ituds the place for her. Shu siys, "Thank you, miss ; thank you." She holds the book close up to her eyes nnd with a voice all full ot tremors sings : Jeu, lover of my s u', l.'t nt 1 1 I'll v n n uu rtr While the billow near m roll, Willi tha ieniii't st II It Mf u niits 111?, O mr Sivl.mr. bl.1. Till lue storm of life It natu Sal into Hie h tsvttii it'll OS, reu v my ul at ll. And Jesus ssys to her, ''Mother, are you weary?" And she ssys, ''Ves, Jesus, I am vej-.tir " .Jetj's-S'ivs. "Mother " '" poor Ana sue snyst "Xes, it , poor. I cannot saw any more. I eanuot knit any more. I am vary poor." Jesus says to her. ".Mother, would you liks to rent' Hbe ssys, "ies. Lor J 1 that Is what I want rest." "Courage, mother." ssvs Jesus. "I will see thee through." HIih goes home The next morning In the tenement bousQ some oue dwelling on another floor c .ncsto her room aud knocks. No answer. The door It opened. Hiie It dead ! The night before the chariots of God halted at that pillow of straw, and Jetut kept His promise. l(.j sal 1 that He would give her rest, and lin has givjn hor rest. Glory be to Go.t for the belget, the deptn, the length aud the breadth of such Christian comfort ! Oh, that wu might have such Joy as that which uisp red the men ut the, battle ot Leuthen ! They were singing u Christian song as they went into battle. A general sil l to the king. "Shall I stop those puople siuging?" ".So," said tho king. "Men that slug like that can light." I would that Wrf ha I a singing church, a joyful church, a Ju bilant church, u comiorliug church, fur theu we would bave a triumphant ehuroii. I remark, fit-tlier, that wu have hero trial to luiilda church abreast of the times. It it all lolly for us to try to do things the way they did lllty or 10J years ago. Wo might as well be plowing witli I'.llj ill's crooked stick, or go Into battle, with Maul' armor, or prefer a oaiialuoat to au express tntu, ns to be clinging to old things. What ws most need now Is u wide awake church. People who are out Iu the world all tbo wsek, Jostllu against this lightning footed century, coins iuto theohurob on the Hahbntli and K" rlgnt to sleep unless they have a spirits 1 eervlue. Men engaged in literary callings all the week, reading pungent, sharp writings, can not be expected to come and hear our scale- slnstloal humdrum. If a man stav at borne on Sundays an t roads the newspapers. It is buoausa the news papers are more interesting. Ws need, my brethren, to rouse up aud slop bunting with blank cartridges. The church ot God ought to be the leader, the Interpeter, the insplrsr ot the age. It is all folly for us to be dis cussing old issues nrraigulng Nero, hang ing Absalom, strikiug the 1'hlllstlnes wita Khnmgar's ox goad wheu all around about us are lulquitiesto be slum. Did I s.iy that the church ought to bs abreast of the times? I take thai back. The church ol God ought to bo ahead of the times as far In advance as the cross of Christ is annad of all human invention. Paul was 100O years ahead of the day iu wbluh he lived. The swift footed years that bavs passed since Luther died have not yet 00 me up to Luther's grave. Give iniquity 400J years the start, aud Iho feet of Christianity ere sonunoie mat 11 you win nut give it mil swing it will cutch up and pass it in two bounds. The cnurcu 01 1,04 ougnt 10 lie ahead ot the times. I remark, further, that we have tried here, In the love aud four ot God, to build a church that would be characterized by conversions. I bsve heard of very good people who could Drench on for niteen or twenty years and see no conversions, but yet have l.nth. It takes a very good mail to do that. I do not know now a man can keen tilt fattn up If souls are not brought to tha Lord Jesus Christ. That church that does not bring men and women to the feet of the Havlour is a failure. I oare not how One the bulldiug, or bow sweet the music, or how eloquent the preaching, or bow elegant the surroundings It Isa failure. Tha church of God was made for just one thing to get men out of the world Into the kingdom of heaven. Tne tendency In oburoiiss Is to spend tbelr time In giviug tine touches to Christians already polished. Wo keep our religion too niuoh iudoors nnd uudor shelter, when It ought to be olhnblug tho rooks or hewing tu ths forests. Then It would be a stalwart re ligion, a robust reltglou, a religion able to digest tna strong meat 01 tne word, instead ot being kept ou the pap and gruel ot spir itual Invalidism. It is high time that w threw off tba Hunday clothes ol sickly senti mentality and put on the working dress ot . . . .l..eh.li.l.nllu Hero Is Brooklyn, here Is New York, here or ths fjnltsd btstss, here I the wbois world to ba ronvertett. It Is imtl since Christ eater, and yet Enron. I Africa. North and 8outh America tJ uasvangettaett. More people born r-, into tne worm inaa are norn into td,J dom of God. At that rate I ask snyoi.l can 00 a simme sum in arunmti t, ate when thi world will be brous jeii. At mat rate, never, never. , And yet ws know that It I to be Im Christ. lint the chnrch will have to .1 It tact nod take a wider sweep with ttA pet net than it nss yet taken. 1 pelfo the great ma of tha people are nn , to receive tha gospel if ws glvs 2 chance. A bov poe along the street at nlirvl seen a fins house besiltlfuUr lighted ,, . ... , . - -i near music, ami 11 e say. 1 wisn 1 rJ inerc, uui 1 imT" urn ut-'-n i,iiv.'i( ,i ns passes on. Here is tne enures, oil lighted up with festivity and holy mini ths world passes along outside, bsl mnsto and sometime wisrtes it wns LI but savs that it Is not Invited. Oh. 1m- world to come In ! Go oftt Into the hi?', and hedge. Bend a ticket of Inv.-, printed in these words, "Coins, for nib are now readv." Home year ago 20t men were btiriH .. Itsrtlev colliery ot F.n?lnnd. The On- Kaglnnd from her throne telegraphm 1 there anv hope for the mn.' A'lr J the answer came ovr tho wire : "N'. They nre dead." H"r I a wlio'e race 1. in sin and darkn-s and woe The nn- that thrills up to tne pir-viie oil, on Is. ' I there nny hop forthe men?" An Inc Intelligence coma back from th 1 1 -1 ot God. thrilling through tho world's n, thrilling ' through the world's "Yet. Hone for one, hope for all ! W l ever will let him come. And the splnrl the lindo sivt, 'l.onie. And lei nun I: at hirst com". We have hat convention n'l ovr country discussing the sulijo't, "Hon: tha Great Masses lis llrought to C'e They have passed splendid resolutions vl elos. of the meeting a long list ot eig i: or fifteen have bo-u ren.t, nn t then ti.. siding officer has sal.l, "All thosu iu l.iv the resolution for tho conversion o'l world, purifving the cities and redeerniii. masses and making everything all rlgln nye." "Aye, aye!" say a thousand v "All opposed no." "The nyes hsv There, the whole world Is convrted' we do not seem to gut uloug by such 11 ;i cess. It this world Is ever to be brought to ( I It will not be by the handful of mlniste tinve In this country, it win us iy in- t-a masse of Christian men and women charging their duty. If tho private ch.j membership of this country would -their armor and go forth, I believe Hi,- fifteen yenrs the whole land would l deemed for Christ. Would Go 1 that nil people wcru prophets ! I am never afr.il bear a man sny that he Is golnn to pr.- If he cannot preach, people will not k l hear lit m. ll lie can, ns mis a message the Almighty, nnd I would hnvo him d"l It. Look out how you lntertere with hi- 8 1 nee ws have been together as n istor J people how many have been promoted to glories of heaven? They died Bi- calnilv. ns only Christian can dir. Tl have nut down ths staff of their pilgrim . They have taken up ths palm ot tho vi." The' Lord Jesus has swung If is arm thro J this churcn a good mauv times. Iln been uu and down all these aisles. He 1 taken tha llltlo children the tloar children. He came down into the giir l'-1 gather tbn lilies and the nged as well. who snt right here, so thai when I u" preach I could almost put my ban Ion I ueaa. wnen 1 eamo oacn irorn ray sunn vacation was gone. Oh, bow the glorie heaven sbone around that old man's f:i" ho sat hers Babliath after Sabbath I (i ncv. Happy splr.t. Happy wit ii nil ti. Ma ve passed ths nood. ve passed -ne army of thi llrmt Oo I Te H-s eoiiitnAa.t we bier. 'art of tn host nivt rrutw t thi dad, Aoi part ars oruuluf nusr 1 1 nk vou for all your kin 1-los. for n ,.tor. 1 a sorrow to "'thatli to bu ahsent e .a for a few mo ntba. I b' worked to the full extent of ph. vsloal, m-i and spiritual endurance for thu ' church. Now wa start out on ourtwent. )' -sixth How many of u will eloss it I 'ore I kn not. tut. living or ilym i, let u cling I Christ. Oh, that all the people would loi Him! I wish that I could taeth''saudleQi this morning nnd wreath it srouuJ tha hei of my Lord Jesus Christ ! Oh, He is1 such deur Saviour ! He is such a loving JcVn Hs Is so precious ! He is nil tun world to uu Ho is heaven to me. He wattle 1 aw.iy in sins. Ho comforted mt in days of darKn- aud trouble. Hu Is mtn. O x. tde.tss 1 Jesm Sweetest soiiu l I ever bn.iri or ever expn to hear is Toy name ! My closing prayer this mDrc.ln is tin God will have mercy on ths dying popnli tioa of our great citie-t, au 1 that the wu il earth will put on bridal nrrsy for tneoo.iua of the Lor l. Hide on, Kmg Jesus ; rids on lllossel bo tho Lorl G1 of Iir.iol.fri: everlasting to esrrlastin, an I let tha wail earth be tills 1 witit His glory ! A'uuu un umen ! Nplle Driving us a Fiuo Art. The sun-kissed commuter wh crosses the forries has nu intitnsts nt quaintanceship with the huge derrick aud their ever rising ever falling ham mers. But few, even of thosa bir I of passage, know about the require ments of the "llnal ilnvj. Ibe an is first pullod up on end nnd allow. to fall with a rush with one end iii the ooze. Then it is "ridden" awhile; that is, hauled up a bit allowed to settle by its own weier being worked dowu until it will stf by itself. Then the driver ia plai over it and down comes the block v a huge thump. This is continued t after time. At first there is no bound, but as the resistance beeor more aud more the block bogim1 1 rebound iu proportion until win1 known as "the final drive" oou1 In almost every contract the rebau. called for ou this ia "four incba.' That is, when the resistance ot tu pile ia so great that the weight il jump back those four inches the iil is believed to be so securely itnplaite that nothing but au earthquake 01 a ocean steamer will dislodge it, 111 this is generally the case. New V01 Mail and Express. . . -, Piovel riinioing I'lant. I Manuel E. do Costa, who residej s miles south of aaoramento on tl Kiverside road, has built an ingei oiis machine for irrigating his flow garden and his orange and lemon tre. It consists of a wooden wheel ten ft in diameter and with a nui or ti about two feet wid". A dog is plac iuside the whetl, which is turned I his weight as he gallops in treadm fashion. The revolution of the ai turns a crank which operates t handle of a pump set iu a dug wi After half au hour's exercise the dot taken out and a fresh dog put iu 1 another half hour. I The dogs teem to enjoy the woi for they bark and wag their '. U r 1 U vlie nei when they are brought to the They know that it means some' cood to eat at the end pt the hour's work. Sacramento (CaLt
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